Earthquake details

Thursday, May 20, 2010 Earthquake

The earthquake hit southeast of Easter Island on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 08:06 UTC with a magnitude of 5.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Castro, about 1592.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -92.159 and latitude -39.063.

Magnitude 5.9
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates -39.063, -92.159
UTC time 2010-05-20 08:06:28.760
Location southeast of Easter Island
Country southeast of Easter Island
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 2010-05-20

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